The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-17
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
DISCUSSING THE PROBABILITY OF
ITS PROCLAMATION.
The Gradual Disruption Of the Unionisf
Party-Uow the London Police were
Compelled TO Listen to Abuse from
the SociaIists-More Dynamite.

the Socialists-More Dynamite.
LONDON, Aug. bit is again asserted,
with fair degree of authority, that the irish
National league will he proclaimed during
the last week OF parliament The state
mont is probably better founded than when
it.was first made, before the recent denial OF
rs truth. In the event Of the proclamation
IL is pretty certain that MIR. Gladstone will
return from his country resting place 20
the floor If the house OF commons and
challenge the action Of the government In
deed, If is reported that he is spending MS
vacation in preparing speech with a direct
view 10 this contingency. and that ne VIII
make it one Of his greatest orations' Ine
time will be a fit one for the delivery OF a
campaign address 10 be used with good eHect
among the people by the astute managers OF
the Lileral machine The speech VIII pro
voke a debate and the adjournment OF par
hsmenf will bc delayed IL is doubtful, IN
the face Of all the probabilities involved IN
this prospoct whether the dissolution OF the
bouse will be brought about before the sec
ond week i'm September The young Tories,
who have found it hard TO stick to Their
work during the summer, instead OF shoot
ing birds ON their country estates VIII De
very dowucast over this further delay in al
iournment, and will very likely rebel against
the authority Of the government wihp ana
desert in a body, leaving Lord Salisbury IL
"A forlorn condition
The DISRUPTION Of the Unionist party IS
now proceeding with such apparently hope
Ie,s regularity that no one IS surprised at the
semi.oflicial statement that two prominent
members Of that party will secede during the
pres.nt week The result of the recent cleo
tions has been 50 discouraging 10 the coail-
ton party in power that the "trimmers' who
form part Of every party-the Unionist lac
ton being no exceptiOn-are consulting their
personal future advantage, as they suppose,
by fastening 10 desert the sinking ship and
make friends in the ranks of the party that
is sure 10 be on top after the next election
Such apostates are b, perhaps, very valu-
able additions to the G.adstOnian ranks, and
the incident is chiefly notable merely az
straw to Indicate the direction Of the politi-
cal wind
The arrest Of the young shop girl, Miss
Cass. in Regent street, for the atrocious
crime of being out after dark alone with
bundle for customer of her employer, has
led 10 many queer developments, but the
oldest outgrOwth Of the affair was perhaps a
demonstration which took place yesterday in
i'm Trafalear square About 1900 Socialists
gathered i'm front Of the famous statue of
Englauds greatest sailor and listened 10 viO-
lent speeches against the police. Their par
tcular grievance was the Imprisonment Of
one Of their comrades, Pole, upon the sole
. 80 ..I.t Of Eu.ius9ff fhn off.
Ger who made such a disgraceful misuse Of
authority i'm the arrest of Miss Cass. The
orators diiated upon the injustice Of keeping
in durance vile a man whose only accuser
was person Indicted for perjury and who
has shown his unrelability in many ways.
The whole police department was denounced
for the alleged persecution Of the Socialists,
and there were some blOOdthirsty utterances,
but no attempt at disorder. Red flags So
cialistic banners, and music suited 10 the Oc-
casion abounded. There was a large force of
"bobbiesn on hand, but there was no pretext
for their interference, and they listened with
patience to the diatribes hurled against
them
The latest dynamite sensation Is the arrest
of n well dressed woman and her maid at the
fashionable resort of Cowes. The arrest was
made 10y London detectives, who claim to
have obtained information that the woman,
or at least the mistress, was acting as an ac-
complice Of dynamiters. The statement is
made that forty pounds Of the dangerous ex-
plosive was found in sachel in the posses
sion of the suspected parties. The theory IS
that this means was taken Of smuggling the
dynamite into London without arousing sus-
picion. or that the intention may have been
60 use it at Cowes in case certain objection
able personagcs should make their appear
ance at that place The latter superstition is
not credited however. There are hints that
the Irish party are not suspected IN this case,
but that it is Nihilist scheme Develop
ments are awaited with considerable interest.